Wind-shield for automobiles.



T. B. NISBET. wrmrsmuo ran AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. T. IQH- Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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Theo dore B. Nisbet, 2 14% T. B. NISBET.

WlND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICAI'HJN mu) nov. 7. IBM.

1,238,803. Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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wzp Theodore B. Nisbeb by D 7 fi THEODORE B. NISBET, OF IRVINGTON, N 151W YOH WIND-SHIELD FOR AUTOMTLXZIICHES- Specification of Letters Patent.

lmtentcd fir pt. 1917.

Application filed November 7, 1914. Serial No. 871).? 18

To all-151mm it concern:

it l(l'u'- \-.'u, that I, 'lmtooonn B. Nrsnm; icon of \he l nited States, residing at Irvin in; in the minty of W'cstchester and Statelof Y w York. have inventedcertain nor-.- li'nd iiaseiul lnllfHfOVGlllBIllS in lindfiliiclgls liu: .lulrlomohilcs. of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a. u hid-shield adapted for the protection of occupants of the second or other rear seats of an automobile. which shall h oi simple construction. capable of ready adjustment, of lining seem-cl clamped in its adjusted position, and of being foldedv against the back of the seat in front when not in use.

In the accompanying two sheets of drawings which foriin. a part of this applica-tioi Figure l. is a side elevation. of a wind shield embodying my ii'n'ention attached to the heel; of avehicle seat and extended into position for use.

i 3 is a side elevation showing the wind-shield folded down and in dotted lines in raised position.

Fig. 3 1s a front elevation showing the wind-shield in raised position as in the dotted osition of Fig. 2.

Fig. "4 is a. plan showing the windshield in extended position.

Fig. 5 a plan to enlarged scale broken own showing the wind -shield partially folded,

Fig. (3 is a section through a sleeve.

The front seat 1 of an automobile shown in the drawings. the beer of which serves as a point of attachment for brackets 2 which through. r latively movable rods 3 3 and sleeves 4 4 support a main n'inds-1liielcl 5 and auxiliary wind-shields 6 6. The rela. tively morahl rods are round and are pivo'ted on the brackets so that they may be swung eliout vertical axes and in a hori zontal plane. One end 7 of each rod is downwerdli bent and this portion is concd to insure a joint which will he a. snug lit and in which the wear can be taken up by dram" ing the cone into the bracket with the nuts 8 8. The rods have short horizontal bends 9 9 close to their pivots and the balance of the rods are straight and round guides on which the sleeves can slide and turn. :The sleeves carry hinge pins 1.0 10 whicli engage hinge ears formed on sheet metal stampings of corner brackets 11 11 for both folded up and down along the main and auxiliary wine shields. llandnuts l2 l2 on HR ends oi the. hing pins clzirnp together in any ffl'llllFilNi position the main and the auxiliary Windshields end the sleeve connected by the hinge. The space between the hinge ea is s umped in a tube 13, which when the. nut scrciwd. down, transmits the. thrust l'r n the upper to the lower pairs of cars illll clamps the latter against the sleeve, their-hr holdim the main and auxiliary \Ylllfl-esl'lh-h'iE in thrlir relation to the sleeve as Well a 1 1 their re ation to each other. ll is only when hr relatively movable rods are folded against the suit that the wind-shield We need he i r dotted circular path. indi ated in Fig. :Ii, and "he construction is such that this is permitt d hv the turning of the sleeves on the rods. automobiles are usually proportioned the required extension of the wind-shield back of the seat to which the brackets are attachedrequires rods of such length that thev will overlap when folded against the seiit which overlapping unless provided for would result 1n lillfifilllg the hinges on the respective sides of the wind-shield out of alinement so that the axes of the sleeves could not be bl'k'fllgllt into such exactialine' ment as would ordinarily be necessary to permit the folding. The hinge-pins while supported by the sleeves have snliicient relative movement with respect to the sleeves to conipumsate for the wont of zilinernent, by reason of their lJQlIIfI flexible so that they will bend. and p rmit the sleeves to be swung out of alincmcnt euflicientlv to allow for the departure from ulincnn-n'l of the overlap ping rods when in folding the wind-shield between ils raised and lowered positions it pnsses lhc horiz' ntzil position shown in Fig. 5. Tlw tulas are also sullirently large to give spurrwithin for the jr'ije to spring sin-1i also to enlarge the rings o wessure when the parts "re clai'npml so as increase the friction l verr-fg w 'lhoulll M 14 i are fornn .l on the hinge curs to old the tube properly centered. lane-l1 SllK, 0 also can ud ends of short hor1- ries a forked bolt 1 fhc to; which may be made to engage the 'zontal bend of the relatively lziovable rod on which it slides if it is desiie, to securely hold hp -the Wind-shield when it not extends and while the rods are folded against the back of the seat where they are pivoted.

therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the p ior art. 4

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of a pair of relatively movable rods each of which is pivoted to move in a horizontal plane and capable of being brought into an overlapping position, sleeves slidably mounted upon the rods and movable longitudinally. thereof, a windshield with hinge ears, hinge pins for engaging the hinge ears supported by and relatively movable with respect to the sleeves whereby the wind-shield with the sleeves may be folded around the rods when they are in approximate alinement, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a pair of relatively movable rods each of which is pivoted to m'ove.in a horizontal plane and capable of being brought into an m'erlapping position, sleeves slidably mounted upon the rods and movable longitudinally thereof, a windshield with hinge ears and binge ins for engaging the hinge ears supports bv the sleeves, the hinge ins being sufliciently flexible to permit t e wind-shield to be folded around the rods when they are in approximate elinement, an as at scribed 3. The combination of a pair of relatively movable rods each of which is pivoted to, move in a horizontal p] mounted upon the rods a wind-shiel connections between 1th; wind-shieldinm sleeves,- bolts slidabl carried-by the sleeveaeo and means en gea 16 by the bolts when the-rods are to d'ed against the seat for posi-f tively holding the wind-shield in an up right position, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a pair of relatively 66 movable rods each of which is pivoted to move in a horizontal plane and capable of being brought into an overlapping position, sleeves slidably mounted upon the rods and movable longitudinally thereof, a windshield comprising a main shield and a plurality of auxiliary shields, hinges connecting the main shield with the auxiliary shield comprising wing members and connecting pins, tubes located between the co-function- 05 mg hinges and surrounding the pins, the I pins being supported by and relatively movable with respect to the said sleeves w ereby the wind-shield with the sleeves may be folded around the rods when they are 70 approximate alinement, substantially as de-' scribed.

Signed at New York in the county of New York, State of New ,York, the 6th day of November, 1914.

THEODORE B. NISBET.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL W. 'BALcn, Geo. ALLEN DEWEY.

I me and capable of being supported b and folded against the a back of a vehi e seat, "sleeves slidably 

